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  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.part;

 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IPersistable;

 /**
  * A part is a high-level object that manages an SWT control. The lifecycle
  * of a part matches that of its control. The part creates its
  * control in its constructor, and it performs any cleanup by hooking
  * a dispose listener on the control.
  *
  * <p>
  * Not intended to be subclassed by clients.
  * </p>
  *
  * @since 3.1
  */
 public abstract class Part implements IPersistable
 {
     
     /**
      * Returns the part's control. The owner of a part may attach
      * layout data to this control, and may give the part focus by
      * calling getControl().setFocus().
      *
      * @return the part's control
      */
     public abstract Control getControl();

 }

